Lawyer calls for suspension of police allegedly involved in kidnapping for ransom

 

Fifteen victims of a kidnapping gang, that allegedly includes police officers, gave their statements to Klongdan Police Station in Samut Prakarn province on Friday (May 8). Atchariya Reungrattanaphong, lawyer and president of Crime Victim Assistance Association, said, “The victims reached out to the association after they had been kidnapped by a gang comprising six police officers and four civilians,” he said. “I have informed National Police Chief Pol General Jakthip Chaichinda about the incidents and urged him to have the accused officers suspended from duty until the investigation is complete.”

Here is a testimony made by one of the victims:

Nanthawat Op-orm, 36

Him and his family were stopped in their car for no problible cause

“They searched my car but found nothing illegal, after which they brought me, my wife and our three children to a football stadium,” he said. “They tortured me and my wife, threatening to press a drug charge, and demanded that I gave them Bt100,000 in exchange for my family’s freedom.”

“Since I didn’t have the money, they locked the five of us in two rooms in a resort on Sukhumvit Road,” he added. “Two days later, they let us go after I managed to find Bt52,500 and gave it to them.”

Source: Lawyer calls for suspension of police allegedly involved in kidnapping for ransom

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